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in the united states of america. we have a love affair with these instruments of death and it has been created over generations and generations, certainly at least a couple of generations of cowboy movies where there was killing without consequence, so somebody has to address that and to talk about the consequences of shooting somebody and the dangers of having a weapon anywhere neerp you. >> when we look at took place in the weeks. after newtown, gun sales soared. there was a record 2.2 million criminal background checks performed for people buying guns. i brought it up before, about it being a gun commercial. can gun control groups get an upper hand with an increasing number of guns out there in the public's hands? >> i think there's a big difference between having a gun and having basically a loophole high school system -- loophole system of rules that allows high capacity magazines and clips. nobody is talking about universal bans on handguns, when we think of what common sense regulations that there can be, that
in the united states of america. we have a love affair with these instruments of death and it has been created over generations and generations, certainly at least a couple of generations of cowboy movies where there was killing without consequence, so somebody has to address that and to talk about the consequences of shooting somebody and the dangers of having a weapon anywhere neerp you. >> when we look at took place in the weeks. after newtown, gun sales soared. there was a record 2.2...
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i worked a patrol unit for 17 years in the city of baltimore. when i first started experiencing the pain, it's hard to describe because you have a numbness but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point, i knew i had to do something. when i went back to my health care professional, that's when she suggested the lyrica. once i started taking the lyrica, the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, changes in eye sight including blurry vision, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or skin sores from diabetes. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, and swelling of hands, legs, and feet
i worked a patrol unit for 17 years in the city of baltimore. when i first started experiencing the pain, it's hard to describe because you have a numbness but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point, i knew i had to do something. when i went back to my health care professional, that's when she suggested the lyrica. once i started taking the lyrica, the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that...
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say we're this tiny company, but months from then we're ordering in tens of thousands of units. if they see upside and promise of that they will want to take the ride. >> billing clients, tracking hours and expens can be incredibly easy or disorganized and a time sink. so here are the top five ways to the art of invoicing. number one, use a contract. two, invoice early and often. the sooner you get the invoice to your clients, the sooner they'll pay you. itemize your invoices, be as clear and specific as possible. if a client doesn't understand the charges, they less likely to sign off on the invoice promptly. four, know who pays you. who signs the check and processes the payment. it will come in handy if you need to address any outstanding invoices in the future. number five, follow up on outstanding payments. send a reminder on the due date and once a week until payment is received. >> when we come back, suggestions on how minority business owners could receive certification. plus ideas for getting customers back in your stores after the holiday shopping rush. we've all had th
say we're this tiny company, but months from then we're ordering in tens of thousands of units. if they see upside and promise of that they will want to take the ride. >> billing clients, tracking hours and expens can be incredibly easy or disorganized and a time sink. so here are the top five ways to the art of invoicing. number one, use a contract. two, invoice early and often. the sooner you get the invoice to your clients, the sooner they'll pay you. itemize your invoices, be as clear...
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let's start with one called the united states. when we look at the bush doctrine, it adhered to the neoconservative objective. unilaterally pursue u.s. military interest. and when you see that chuck hagel turned around in good conscious and said no, that he would not. and he made this statement in his book. he says i made myself a promise that if i ever get out of that place and was ever in a position to do something about war, i would do whatever i could to stop it. i have never forgotsen that promise. this is chuck hagel in his book talking about his experiences in vietnam and led him to come out in opposition as a republican to the iraqi war. don't you think a lot of this opposition to hagel by some of the far right is that they're still angry at him that he came out against the after the war had started? i think there is an awesome truth to that. but what's interesting, in many ways, hagel's position, back in funding the war and having furt questions about him, criticizing it. really mirrors how the american people have also e
let's start with one called the united states. when we look at the bush doctrine, it adhered to the neoconservative objective. unilaterally pursue u.s. military interest. and when you see that chuck hagel turned around in good conscious and said no, that he would not. and he made this statement in his book. he says i made myself a promise that if i ever get out of that place and was ever in a position to do something about war, i would do whatever i could to stop it. i have never forgotsen that...
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and the reason the full faith and credit of the united states means something is because we've never defaulted. and i just can't imagine that speaker boehner or any of the republicans would want to use that leverage in that way just to achieve political gain. >> as you look ahead, and obviously, you have a very different perspective, giving that you're moving on, what can possibly happen to change the intransigen intransigence, the bad feelings, the inability to work together that we have seen in congress? and i think it's worth pointing out, again, this has been the least popular, least effective congress since they've been keeping records. >> i think -- i could give you a long speech about the way that we elect partisans to office. most of america is in the center. they want us to work together. they want us to get along. unfortunately, due to the way we draw districts and the way primaries are held, we end up generally electing people from the more extreme of the party rather than people from the center that can work together and get along. that's always been a problem in congress
and the reason the full faith and credit of the united states means something is because we've never defaulted. and i just can't imagine that speaker boehner or any of the republicans would want to use that leverage in that way just to achieve political gain. >> as you look ahead, and obviously, you have a very different perspective, giving that you're moving on, what can possibly happen to change the intransigen intransigence, the bad feelings, the inability to work together that we have...
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while in the united arab emirates, the world's tall els building set the stage for a giant celebration. in paris, tens of thousands celebrated at the eiffel tower. while in london, big ben rang out the old and rang in the new. and the tradition continued in the big apple. tens of thousands crammed into times square to officially welcome 2013. kirk gregory, nbc news. >> beautiful kisses to start the new year. >>> on the first day of the new year, more than 400 new laws go into effect around the country. here are just a few. in maryland, same-sex couples now have the right to marry. and the wedding ceremonies started just after midnight in baltimore. california and illinois have both banned employers from forcing their workers or job applicants to hand over passwords from their personal facebook or twitter accounts. california's also outlawed using hounds to hunt bobcats or bears after lawmakers decided it's not a fair fight. in florida, flash away. police can no longer give tickets to drivers who flash their headlights to let fellow motorists know there's a speed trap ahead. >>> here's
while in the united arab emirates, the world's tall els building set the stage for a giant celebration. in paris, tens of thousands celebrated at the eiffel tower. while in london, big ben rang out the old and rang in the new. and the tradition continued in the big apple. tens of thousands crammed into times square to officially welcome 2013. kirk gregory, nbc news. >> beautiful kisses to start the new year. >>> on the first day of the new year, more than 400 new laws go into...
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and i'm all for nation building, let's start with one called the united states. but what do we think that when we look at the bush doctrine, it adhered to the neo-conservative agenda, launch war, spread democracy to combat terrorism. unlaterally to pursue u.s. interests. when you enter the context of the bush doctrine, you see that chuck hagel who first supported the iraq mission, and then turned around in good conscience and said no, he made this statement in his book. i made myself a promise that if i ever get out of that place, he was talking about vietnam, if i ever got out of that place and was in a position to do something about war, so horrible, so filled with suffering i would do whatever i could to stop it. i have never forgotten that promise. this is chuck hagel in his book talking about his experiences in vietnam that led him to coming out in opposition as a republican, to the iraq war. don't you think that a lot of this opposition to hagel by some of the far right is that they're still angry at him that he came out against the iraqi war after it had s
and i'm all for nation building, let's start with one called the united states. but what do we think that when we look at the bush doctrine, it adhered to the neo-conservative agenda, launch war, spread democracy to combat terrorism. unlaterally to pursue u.s. interests. when you enter the context of the bush doctrine, you see that chuck hagel who first supported the iraq mission, and then turned around in good conscience and said no, he made this statement in his book. i made myself a promise...
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the president took the ceremonial oath of office on the steps of the united states capitol. president obama did not set out to lower expectations of his second term. instead, he established the goals of a progressive agenda. >> my fellow americans, we are made for this moment and we will seize it so long as we seize it together for we, the people understand that our country cannot succeed when a very few barely make it. >> we believe america's prosperity must rest on the rise of the middle class. >> helping our fellow man rang throughout the second inaugural dress. he did not shy away from our moral obligation to each other ever. >> we are true to our creed when a little girl born into the poverty knows she has a chance to succeed as anyone else because she is american, she is free, and she is equal not just in the eyes of god but also in our own. >> that is an american value. the speech focused on a range of american experiences with particular attention to the people's whose lives are so different from those in the top 2% in this country. this is a president who understand
the president took the ceremonial oath of office on the steps of the united states capitol. president obama did not set out to lower expectations of his second term. instead, he established the goals of a progressive agenda. >> my fellow americans, we are made for this moment and we will seize it so long as we seize it together for we, the people understand that our country cannot succeed when a very few barely make it. >> we believe america's prosperity must rest on the rise of the...
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. >>> richard mourdock wanted very badly to become a member of the united states senate. he beat out dick lugar to become the republican senate nominee in indiana. he got himself a democratic opponent that everybody seemed to think that he would beat handily. and then richard mourdock said this. >> life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> if you become pregnant from being raped, that is something god intended to happen. that was sort of the end of richard mourdock. we went on the lose a senate race that he really should have one. and now the new senator from indiana is a democrat, joe donnelly. richard mourdock's view that the government should force rape victims to give birth to their rapist child because god intervened to make sure that certain rapes resulted in the impregnating of the rape victim, that fantastic theology was in the end too much for the residents of indiana to accept. there was also todd akin from the great state of missouri who was chosen by re
. >>> richard mourdock wanted very badly to become a member of the united states senate. he beat out dick lugar to become the republican senate nominee in indiana. he got himself a democratic opponent that everybody seemed to think that he would beat handily. and then richard mourdock said this. >> life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> if you become pregnant from...
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god bless the united states of america. thank you. there is one last thing i've got to do. i've got a date with me here. she inspires me every day. she makes me a better man and a better president. the fact that she is so devoted to taking care of our troops and our military families is just one more sign of her extraordinary love and grace and strength. i'm just lucky to have her. i said today at the lunch over at the congress that some may dispute the quality of our president, but nobody disputes the quality of our first lady. ladies and gentlemen, my better half, and my dance partner, michelle obama. [ cheering ] >> and now, please welcome grammy and academy award winner, jennifer hudson. ♪ ♪ let's stay together, i'm loving you, whether, whether, now, whether now, whether times are good or bad, happy or sad ♪ y'all, let's groove. all right, now. ♪ i, i'm so in love with you
god bless the united states of america. thank you. there is one last thing i've got to do. i've got a date with me here. she inspires me every day. she makes me a better man and a better president. the fact that she is so devoted to taking care of our troops and our military families is just one more sign of her extraordinary love and grace and strength. i'm just lucky to have her. i said today at the lunch over at the congress that some may dispute the quality of our president, but nobody...
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. >>> congratulations to manchester united, the first with a $3 billion valuation. the dallas cowboys are a distant second at $2.1 billion. >>> canned air? a chinese billionaire is selling fresh air in soft drink cans. flavors include post industrial taiwan. straight ahead, media day for the ravens and 49ers including randy moss's pick for greatest quarterback ever. >>> smoking e cigarettes can be deadly and getting ready to feed the troops on super sunday. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing
. >>> congratulations to manchester united, the first with a $3 billion valuation. the dallas cowboys are a distant second at $2.1 billion. >>> canned air? a chinese billionaire is selling fresh air in soft drink cans. flavors include post industrial taiwan. straight ahead, media day for the ravens and 49ers including randy moss's pick for greatest quarterback ever. >>> smoking e cigarettes can be deadly and getting ready to feed the troops on super sunday. you're...
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but the united states did turn its back on mubarak in egypt. and i think we're going to look back and see that as one of the most important decisions president obama ever made. and i'm not sure if it was the right one or not. >> i am deeply respectful of your experience and like everyone else happy to see you sitting here at this table. but do you believe that we could hold back the tide of history, that if the united states had made a different decision that those forces -- >> yes, i think that syria wouldn't have happened. the revolution in libya would have started, and the rebels would have lost. things would have been very different had that decision not been taken. was it the right decision or wrong decision, i don't think we know yet. but it was a very pivotal decision. i don't think things would have gone on as they continued -- >> but this is a -- >> joe scarborough, take the issue of syria. how does the united states, a second obama term, try to affect the end game if there's a post assad syria, which as richard laid out could be so da
but the united states did turn its back on mubarak in egypt. and i think we're going to look back and see that as one of the most important decisions president obama ever made. and i'm not sure if it was the right one or not. >> i am deeply respectful of your experience and like everyone else happy to see you sitting here at this table. but do you believe that we could hold back the tide of history, that if the united states had made a different decision that those forces -- >> yes,...
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. >> we're always trying to keep about 150 to 300 units of some of our kind of repeat selling products. 300 is two or three batches and 150 is one or two batches. it's just a feeling of, of course, that's a good amount to have. >> we first started, we were definitely making less than that. >> knowing their customers and knowing when they may place their orders are part of the calculated risks they take. >> the big wholesale orders that we get have enough lead time that we can really kind of plan out. >> smaller retailers want their stuff quickly because they don't have to plan ahead and they don't have storage, so they order as needed, and they expect it when they need it. >> larger orders definitely require a bit more attention. >> we all need to stay on a schedule. we have a finite amount of space, a finite amount of strength, and everything is done by hand. >> but it's often those sales that produce the inventory that maya and michael need to respond to smaller orders simultaneously. >> we can hang on to produced seed bombs and then screen print the pouches and put the product toget
. >> we're always trying to keep about 150 to 300 units of some of our kind of repeat selling products. 300 is two or three batches and 150 is one or two batches. it's just a feeling of, of course, that's a good amount to have. >> we first started, we were definitely making less than that. >> knowing their customers and knowing when they may place their orders are part of the calculated risks they take. >> the big wholesale orders that we get have enough lead time that...
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he was the most left-wing member of the united states sent. and so forth. >> can i ask you about that? this is an endless curiosity for people. why does nobody listen when we say these things? >> people want to believe there is an optimism. you want to believe the candidate is not going to turn not to be as bad as a they seem. and that he will moderate and in the case of obama, that did not turn out to be true. here is the news that is optimistic. that inaugural might very well be the fulfillment of that old irish prayer, oh, lord, let my enemies go too far. by sketching out a really ambitious left-wing agenda, in distinction to the way he campaigned in 2012, for example, in one of the debates, he was competing with the rodney to say he was very pro fossil fuel. he was mr. drilling on federal lands. ferry pro traditional energy sources. in this inaugural, he said it was all going to be about green energy. more attempts by the epa to impose that agenda. when he attempts his next phase of liberal implementation, once people begin to feel the eff
he was the most left-wing member of the united states sent. and so forth. >> can i ask you about that? this is an endless curiosity for people. why does nobody listen when we say these things? >> people want to believe there is an optimism. you want to believe the candidate is not going to turn not to be as bad as a they seem. and that he will moderate and in the case of obama, that did not turn out to be true. here is the news that is optimistic. that inaugural might very well be...
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on the issue of same-sex marriage, more than half the country, this is the whole united states, say they support it. stark difference from 1996 when only 27% of the country supported day marriage. that number doubled in a couple of years. i grew up thinking we would never have an african-american president, or even this thing with same-sex marriage. >> i think the poll numbers are being driven by basically some -- >> i'm trying to create some excitement here. 53%, including mississippi, alabama, louisiana -- >> sure. sure. >> older men, 80-year-old guys, 80-year-old women and the younger kids. >> i think it's being driven by younger folks say there's no problem here. and older folks coming around. on economic issues, when you talk about the role of government, taxation, things like that, those are things that can swing back and forth. we'll be fighting about that in the year ahead on spending, entitlements, the fiscal cliff. but you can talk to people on the right and they will say we've lost. we will not get these back. these are advances that will not be reversed. that's a good thing.
on the issue of same-sex marriage, more than half the country, this is the whole united states, say they support it. stark difference from 1996 when only 27% of the country supported day marriage. that number doubled in a couple of years. i grew up thinking we would never have an african-american president, or even this thing with same-sex marriage. >> i think the poll numbers are being driven by basically some -- >> i'm trying to create some excitement here. 53%, including...
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and what role will the united states play after we end our combat mission? how many troops will we keep behind in afghanistan to keep that country secure if we can? jim moran is a democrat congressman from virginia and westmore is a retired army captain and author of "the other wes moore. i guess the question comes down to numbers. 66,000 troops in country right now. what should be it be five years from now. >> i think we're going to initially withdraw to 6,000 troops in 2014. i think a lot of work will be done by contractors, not u.s. troops, but we can't afford to continue spending the kind of money we're spending. you know, we have spent $557 billion up to today, half a trillion dollars, and what have we gotten for it? burma, somalia, and afghanistan are the three most corrupt nations in the world, and now almost 90% of that corruption is coming from american taxpayers' money. you'd be shocked at the amount of american taxpayers' money that's being spent over in dubai because it came in to afghanistan. this is a nation that's -- a government that's corrup
and what role will the united states play after we end our combat mission? how many troops will we keep behind in afghanistan to keep that country secure if we can? jim moran is a democrat congressman from virginia and westmore is a retired army captain and author of "the other wes moore. i guess the question comes down to numbers. 66,000 troops in country right now. what should be it be five years from now. >> i think we're going to initially withdraw to 6,000 troops in 2014. i...
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this is an embarrassment to the united states of america. remember, in other countries, when they see a person like a michele bachmann, who is a part of the american government, they don't necessarily always make the distinction between the congress and the administration and all that, they see someone who is an instrument of the american government on a witch-hunt against muslims. now how do you think that impacts the way people think and feel about this country in other parts of the world if that's the kind of person that is out there representing us on something called the intelligence committee? >> well, i just don't know how anybody could come to the conclusion that the country is a lot safer with michele bachmann having access to intel information. >> that's right. >> and will there be enough public support that could change her, that could remove her from the intel committee? >> probably not. i think boehner is so weakened, i don't think he would have the courage to do something like that, because i think we can't risk angering the fa
this is an embarrassment to the united states of america. remember, in other countries, when they see a person like a michele bachmann, who is a part of the american government, they don't necessarily always make the distinction between the congress and the administration and all that, they see someone who is an instrument of the american government on a witch-hunt against muslims. now how do you think that impacts the way people think and feel about this country in other parts of the world if...
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some technical issues such as what kind of agreements will be signed between the united states and afghanistan are important and many others. let me turn to the three speakers each of, will speak between 6-10 minutes. we will open it up to questions and dialogue that. let me start with a gem. >> my responsibilities for afghanistan go back to 2001. i think it is fair to say, at least the current regime in kabul. i start by looking back and try to spot the things we did wrong at the time fundamental errors. i received at the time and tried to do something which the film to do entirely and did nothing about. >> one was a decision not to deploy any international peacekeepers and enter the country. no police force and no army and we decided security will be an afghan responsibility. i think that was a major mistake. the second was to allow the coalition that we built for the war and peace conference for the bond conference to disintegrate. peron had be helpful. at this don had be actively not unhelpful. we failed to keep up to the standard and to succeed in addition to the years. the third carriage
some technical issues such as what kind of agreements will be signed between the united states and afghanistan are important and many others. let me turn to the three speakers each of, will speak between 6-10 minutes. we will open it up to questions and dialogue that. let me start with a gem. >> my responsibilities for afghanistan go back to 2001. i think it is fair to say, at least the current regime in kabul. i start by looking back and try to spot the things we did wrong at the time...
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we recognize the united states interest and afghanistan and the region and the united states recognizes that afghanistan is a good country. and has a life of its own. it has a law of its own and has a social context of its own. in that social context afghanistan will move forward in partnership with america and also until partnership with the other countries of nato that have helped us in the past many years. will afghanistan, beyond 2014, be a country that you can visit as tourists? yes, it will. will afghanistan suffer the consequences of terrorism? it might on occasions. will the peace process work? it will. will the peace process take us back to times where the afghan woman could not go to work? no. will we keep our progress it is part of if peace process? yes. it is important today to get through this forum where the afghan woman council was created many years ago. if afghanistan will have peace but peace with the taliban will not drive us away from the gains that we have made. rather those gains will definitely be consolidated and those gains will remain with the afghan people. yo
we recognize the united states interest and afghanistan and the region and the united states recognizes that afghanistan is a good country. and has a life of its own. it has a law of its own and has a social context of its own. in that social context afghanistan will move forward in partnership with america and also until partnership with the other countries of nato that have helped us in the past many years. will afghanistan, beyond 2014, be a country that you can visit as tourists? yes, it...
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this is an embarrassment to the united states of america. remember, in other countries, when they see a person like a michele bachmann, who is a part of the amerigo
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this is an embarrassment to the united states of america. remember, in other countries, when they see a person like a michele bachmann, who is a part of the american government, they don't necessarily always make the distinction between the congress and the administration and all that, they see someone who is an instrument of the american government on a witch-hunt against muslims. now how do you think that impacts the
this is an embarrassment to the united states of america. remember, in other countries, when they see a person like a michele bachmann, who is a part of the american government, they don't necessarily always make the distinction between the congress and the administration and all that, they see someone who is an instrument of the american government on a witch-hunt against muslims. now how do you think that impacts the
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and because there's no part of the world that is irrelevant to the united states anymore, when i came into office, did we worry about governments changing in north africa and the middle east? did we worry about a place called mali becoming a potential safe haven for terrorists? did we think we could get an opening in berma? i could go on and on. there are things you know you always have to deal with, the threat of nuclear weapons and their spread, the threat of extremism and its incredible dangers and on and on. those are the challenges, but then you have to also respond to the crises of the moment. do everything you can to manage them, and then you have to take a longer view at what are the trend lines, what is technology going to do to us, what is climate change going to do to us? what are we going to do to enhance the roles of women and girls, so it's a fascinating time to have this job. >> when you took responsibility and you told the senate and the house -- you took responsibility for benghazi and you said you get more than 1 million cables to the state department a year, but in
and because there's no part of the world that is irrelevant to the united states anymore, when i came into office, did we worry about governments changing in north africa and the middle east? did we worry about a place called mali becoming a potential safe haven for terrorists? did we think we could get an opening in berma? i could go on and on. there are things you know you always have to deal with, the threat of nuclear weapons and their spread, the threat of extremism and its incredible...
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how will be the pentagon move forward in a world where the united states is no longer fighting a war on two fronts and two countries but is still fighting a war with drones and going after terror cells around the world that would do us harm. even though senator hagel, you know, says that the pentagon is bloated, yes, it's bloated but how do you squeeze out the bloat and make the pentagon more efficient. >> to your point, david brooks writes, chuck hagel has been nominated to supervise the beginning of this generation long process of defense cutbacks. if a democratic president is going to slash defense, he probably wants a republican at the pentagon to give him political cover. and he probably wants a decorated war hero to boot. a lot has been talked about the president's comfort level. there's no doubt he and chuck hagel have a relationship among other things forged by trips to afghanistan and iraq. but bottom line is what david brooks just argued the real key here? >> you know, that's a good question and there's so much more to hagel's nomination than just what is going on at the pe
how will be the pentagon move forward in a world where the united states is no longer fighting a war on two fronts and two countries but is still fighting a war with drones and going after terror cells around the world that would do us harm. even though senator hagel, you know, says that the pentagon is bloated, yes, it's bloated but how do you squeeze out the bloat and make the pentagon more efficient. >> to your point, david brooks writes, chuck hagel has been nominated to supervise the...
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his approach to bringing the united states into conflict is not as somber. i hate to say this about somebody, but doesn't seem to be as somber and as well-considered as chuck hagels. >> it's just about torture, which he experienced personally. >> again, i think what we saw today on -- during the hearing was a very -- a more personal conversation both about iraq but also about sort of, you know, one breaking with the other, particularly given their history, but also it strikes me that this is, david, kind of the broader context of the republicans sort of concerns about president obama. when they talk about leading from behind and when the president talks about let's use the military force as a last resort. it seemed like part of what the republicans were trying to do today was make sure that they pressed chuck hagel to be -- make it clear he will be very tough when it comes to the use of forces. >> well, i think the gop showed it's still the war party in a lot of ways. no second thoughts about iraq or even, you know, the way afghanistan was prosecuted. and th
his approach to bringing the united states into conflict is not as somber. i hate to say this about somebody, but doesn't seem to be as somber and as well-considered as chuck hagels. >> it's just about torture, which he experienced personally. >> again, i think what we saw today on -- during the hearing was a very -- a more personal conversation both about iraq but also about sort of, you know, one breaking with the other, particularly given their history, but also it strikes me...
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we have to stay united. we have to show that if given a chance, we can govern. that we have better ideas. >> paul ryan's comments come a few days after fired louisiana governor bobby jindal gave a blunt assessment of his party. >> we have to stop being the stupid party. >> it's time for a new republican party that talks like adults. it's time for us to articulate our plans and visions for america in real terms. it's no secret we had a number of republicans who damaged the plans with offensive and bizarre comments, and i'm here to say we've had enough of that. >> i'll bring in molly ball, national political reporter for "the atlantic" and senior washington correspondent for politico. good saturday to both of you. >> hi, craig. >> bobby jindal says the republicans should stop being stupid and newt gingrich has done it, and paul ryan saying they have to pick and choose their battles wisely. why has this post-election monday morning quarterbacking, why has it lasted so long? >> i think it's because they lost. they lost in all levels, the president, the house, the se
we have to stay united. we have to show that if given a chance, we can govern. that we have better ideas. >> paul ryan's comments come a few days after fired louisiana governor bobby jindal gave a blunt assessment of his party. >> we have to stop being the stupid party. >> it's time for a new republican party that talks like adults. it's time for us to articulate our plans and visions for america in real terms. it's no secret we had a number of republicans who damaged the...
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that force will have to change as the united states focuses increasingly on the pacific where distances are greater and it will face far more sophisticated potential adversaries, here to talk about the future of the sprawling network is the deputy chief of staff for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, lieutenant general larry james. welcome to the program. >> thanks good to be here. >> let's start off first before we get into the future of f that. all eyes are on the operation that are going on in mali and said that the united states is supporting that through intelligence and other means. what can you tell us about the support the united states is giving the mission. >> i didn't get into operations and support at this time. i would refer you to th secretary of defense's comments and the things he has said to date and it's in flux as we work our way through this situation, but he will take the lead on that. >> let me go to the issue of just al-qaeda in general. the end product is tracking this persistent resilient enemy as it moves around the world. what are we seeing in terms
that force will have to change as the united states focuses increasingly on the pacific where distances are greater and it will face far more sophisticated potential adversaries, here to talk about the future of the sprawling network is the deputy chief of staff for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, lieutenant general larry james. welcome to the program. >> thanks good to be here. >> let's start off first before we get into the future of f that. all eyes are on the...